Baby Sitting

Posted under All About.... by angel

You might be thinking that taking care of a small little kid is just an easy job?  No, you are very wrong.  It is even tougher than working in a big organisation.

Even though it might be repeated job everyday. Wake up in the morning, I have to get myself ready before my son wakes up. By the time i finish bathing, he would have awake already. Get him ready for school, picking him up, feed him, make him nap, play with him, feed him dinner, make him sleep.

Depends on his mood, sometimes he would be in a very good mood, so he would cooperate with you, he would happily drink his milk and water, get change and get ready for school.   But sometimes he would wakes up wrong side of the bed, crying, kicking, throwing tantrum, I would have to crack my head to think of how to make up his day.  I have to be very patient, slowly tackle him, talk to him and play with him until he get back to his happy mood.  That is the toughest part.  You can see the time pass every single minutes he is still throwing his tantrum and you know it is almost time for his school, but he still haven’t ready to get change, you will get mad too.  So at this moment, my EQ is very important.  If I dun control my EQ properly, then I will be explode and the situation will end up even worse.  He will end up crying even harder and vomit and messing up the whole floor.  Then I will end up even more angry and more works to do.

For the pass 4 days I start taking care of my little boy, he would be in different mood everyday. Sometimes he would ask for his grandma, sometimes he won’t even bother. So the stress is even worse than working stress.  And don’t forget that this is not a paying job and it can be 24 hrs a day and 7 days weeks job. It is more tough than to tackle your boss.

Besides the stress from tackling my son, I have to face my MIL nagging daily, have to learn to ignore and filter what I don’t like to hear.  Have to learn to forgive and forget.  It is not an easy job either.  But i just have to bare with it for the sake of my hubby and son.

Even though this is a very tough job, but I am happy to do it because I can see my son is getting closer to me. For the past 3 yrs, I had been working and he would be at home with his grandma.  By the time I am home, I would be exhausted and don’t feel like playing with him anymore.  So indirectly I had ignored him for 3 yrs. This is the time for me to really spend more time with him before he is really growing up and don’t need me to be by his side anymore.  I think it is a worthy job for me to take up.  Now that I planning for 2nd baby, I hope I can spend more time with him so he won’t feel he is being neglected after his little bro or sis is born.  I want to give him all my love now and hope he would grow up healthy and be a great person.

Lastly, I really salute my mum for bringing up 5 of us.  I really do not know how she can manage it where I only have one and I already feel like dying.